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Social and Structural Factors Associated with Consistent Condom Use Among Female Entertainment Workers Trading Sex in the Philippines.
(Springerlink, 2013)
This paper examined socio-structural factors of consistent condom use among female entertainment workers at high risk for acquiring HIV in Metro Manila, Quezon City, Philippines. Entertainers, aged 18 and over, from 25 ...
Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal.
(2011)
I found this article interesting because it verifies anecdotal information from female sex-workers in Kenya. The authors show that female
sex-workers, a high percentage (30%) of whom have sexually transmitied diseases, ...
Levels of advertised unprotected vaginal and oral sex by independent indoor female sex workers in West Yorkshire, UK.
(BMJ, 2014)
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the proportion of independent indoor female sex workers (FSW) in West Yorkshire, UK who advertise unprotected sex, and to investigate any association with cost, location and provision of anal ...
Looking upstream to prevent HIV transmission: can interventions with sex workers alter the course of HIV epidemics in Africa as they did in Asia?
(2014)
BACKGROUND:: High rates of partner change in 'upstream' sex work networks have long been recognized to drive 'downstream' transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We used a stochastic microsimulation model ...
Anal Sex, Vaginal Sex and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers in Papua New Guinea.
(2013)
Female sex workers (FSW) are considered one of the key affected populations in Papua New Guinea at risk of acquiring HIV. An integrated bio-behavioral survey of sex workers in Port Moresby was conducted to determine the ...
Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STls) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos
(2011)
This article which studied female sex workers in Thailand and Vietnam is interesting because Kenya's Ministry of Health found the knowledge of
care providers in relation to sexually transmitted infections (STls) and sex ...
Onchocerciasis: neurological involvement
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03-17)
Onchocerciasis or “river blindness” is an endemic parasitic disease caused by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus, transmitted by a blackfly of the genius Simulium. It has a serious public health impact in 39 countries ...
Factors associated with establishment-based female sex workers accessing health care services in Shanghai
(2015)
Female sex workers are a priority population for HIV prevention and health promotion in China. This paper examines the patterns of and factors associated with the utilisation of HIV-related and general health services by ...
Management Science Review Journal
(2013-03)
MASSA publishes quality Management Science work of interest to the Management Science practitioner lecturer and student. METHODICA seeks articles on teh Principles of Management Science, observations and modellling of ...
The cultural context of the Sierra Leonean Mende woman as patient.
(2010)
The take home message of this paper is that consideration of the culture of the patient, along with other characteristics that influence perception of
self, by those providing health care should be the cornerstone of ...